Anne-Marie Duff (born October 8, 1970) is a BAFTA Award-winning English actress.
Duff was born and raised in Hayes End, West London by Irish parents. She attended Mellow Lane School, Hayes End, Hillingdon. She studied acting at The Drama Centre, now part of the University of the Arts London, having initially also applied to art colleges. Her father convinced her that she was not an artist and told her to persevere with acting. She took another year out after A-Levels before being accepted to The Drama Centre.
She is married to actor James McAvoy. They live in Stroud Green, London. She is a fan of Celtic Football Club. She previously dated Doctor Who star David Tennant.
In 2000, Duff was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award, but first became well known as Fiona in the television programme Shameless, and for her portrayal of Elizabeth I of England in the lavish 2005 BBC television miniseries, The Virgin Queen which also starred Joanne Whalley and Tara Fitzgerald.
An accomplished theatre actor, she has worked extensively with the Royal National Theatre and also in London's West End (Vassa, Collected Stories). Theatre credits for the National Theatre include Collected Stories, King Lear Notes on a Scandal.
She most recently played the title character in Marianne Elliott's production of Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at the National Theatre to great acclaim.
for The History of Mr Polly (2007)
for: The Virgin Queen (2005)
for: Shameless (2004)
for: Shameless (2004)
for: Shameless (2004)
for: Garage (2007)
for: The Virgin Queen (2005)
for: Shameless (2004)
for: Shameless (2004)
for: Shameless (2004)
